Have you ever had a love so strong that it was the only thing keeping you together? In this essay I will be talking about “The Brave Tin Soldier” and how he was faithful to the ballerina till the end.
When the Tin Soldier first saw the ballerina he fell in love with her. “‘That is the wife for me,’ he thought; ‘but she is too grand, and lives in a castle, while I have only a box to live in, five-and-twenty of us altogether, that is no place for her. Still I must try and make her acquaintance.’" At evening when all the other playthings came to life, he stood full length on the table so that he could see her. He did not acknowledge or listen to any other playthings, except for when the black goblin told him not to wish for the ballerina because she did not belong to him but he still did not reply and kept his gaze on the ballerina. The tin soldier was faced with the rat and the strong rushing stream. He remained strong and firm, he did not fear death. The only thought that had come to his mind was the fact that he would never see the ballerina again, “He thought of the elegant little dancer whom he should never see again, and the words of the song sounded in his ears- -.“ Even when he was eaten by a giant fish, his thoughts went to never seeing the ballerina again. But when
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Then he could see that the bright colors were faded from his uniform, but whether they had been washed off during his journey or from the effects of his sorrow, no one could say” and in the end he showed everyone that he loved ballerina. “The tin soldier melted down into a lump, and the next morning, when the maid servant took the ashes out of the stove, she found him in the shape of a little tin heart,” all that remained was his love for